In pre-war Blackpool, Laura never expected to have to live with her domineering mother-in-law, but after the tragic accidental death of her first love, Rod, soon after they were wed, she had no other alternative. Left with a honeymoon baby to raise at least they had a roof over their heads.

When Rod’s brother, Sidney tried to force his unwanted attentions on her, she decided to find a job where she could have baby Claire with her. Eventually she went to work as a live-in cook-housekeeper for businessman Geoffrey Roberts, his invalid wife, and small daughter. To her dismay, Laura realised she had fallen in love with her employer, and that he felt the same way about her. Unwilling to break up his marriage, she took a position elsewhere.

Laura married again, but her heart was never in it and the failure of their wedding night was inevitable. Although the liaison between Geoffrey and Laura had been short-lived and unfulfilled, their paths kept crossing, finally to be joined together. A heart-warming story of life, tragedy and love through the war years.